PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We think it is a timeless game, both for the pixel art and for the theme of the game”, says Gonzáles. “We I think in our game we were able to get players to want to explore all the scenarios and look at the little details that are hidden in them. What you create is a representation of a concept, an emotion.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. ” Why did you become a solo developer?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

It’s a tribute to the time we grew up in and serves as a time capsule for that period”, says Dimas Novan, Director and Art Director of A Space for the Unbound. “We In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. For any e-mail relating to sales, pitching, or decision-making, try using the concepts of BLUF.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In fact, fulfillment often determines how big games are and how many components can be included. Many game developers think about fulfillment only after their project is complete – and you can certainly get away with it! Need help on your board game? PROFITS minus a small amount for shipping and fulfillment.

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making its presence felt in a wide range of industries, including art and design. AI art — meaning art created with AI — is now a popular art form that offers many benefits and applications. But what is AI art? What Is AI Art?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Just go out and make a great board game for fun.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Game development is a lot harder than you’d expect. How long does board game development take?

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole. The most epic public post-mortem ever.

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Tom Francis

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’ve been tweeting GIFs of a game I’m prototyping in Unity for a while now, codenamed Tiny Ex-Cons, and recently did a video blog about the core elements I’m hoping to combine if I go ahead with it. And I’ve been holding back part of the concept, and indeed the name. In tactical gear.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. One of the trickiest parts of self-publishing a board game can be finding good artists.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I released Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Where in an MMORPG world, that concept is very straightforward.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The game generated downloads from April 2022 and peaked at 21.5M String Pull A trend for art-lovers is String Pull. At some point, Ora (one of the founders) had a dream about a field of breasts, and when she mentioned it to her son, who is the CEO of the company, he decided to develop a prototype.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve talked about the benefits and challenges of working alone in the board game industry. Yet I’m a bit of an odd beast in the board game development world since most people prefer to work in teams. Need help on your board game? Will: I know for me personally, projects are a big concept.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, in the spirit of Halloween, I wrote Performing a Board Game Autopsy: Learning from Your Mistakes. The analogy is morbid, but the concept is simple. Need help on your board game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charles Lee (Art Lead) , veteran art director and concept artist with past experience at Blizzard , Sony Pictures Animation , and who until very recently worked in the Visual Development of Netflix hit Arcane (damn!). This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art.

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Greenheart Games

AUGUST 30, 2018

Our intention was to make a game dev simulator where the player would have finer control over the decisions of what to focus on during game development. Game Dev Tycoon started, as many games do, on a single piece of paper. Back then, we imagined the game as a turn-based game with almost no graphics for phones.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

In game development, your initial implementation of gameplay is always broken, and needs iteration to improve. " As much as an engine might help a specific use case, truth is that success depends above all else on how feasible your development process is. Starting over, is the game commercially viable?

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Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

Yomi Card Game I took many of the concepts and dynamics that go on in fighting games and put them into a card game form Yomi ( Steam / iOS / tabletop ). I think Yomi really succeeded at that and let people with literally no dexterity abilities catch a glimpse of what fighting games are about.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Zugzwang by Robert Yang This post details my process and intent for making my new release Zugzwang (pronounced in German like /ts'OOK-ts'VAHng/ ) a tactical sex dungeon roguelike cum ritual game. I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. CONTENT WARNING 1: I mention a suicide from a century ago.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Our partner ironSource builds technologies that help game developers take their games to the next level. Each of these “new” obstacles could be used and/or combined in ways to create unique levels - a critical part of making a puzzle game feel fun. The execution of the art directly affects the success of the design.

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

If you’re going to charge for it, maybe think about if there’s something you’d like to add to the game. Could just be theme/art/flash, or perhaps a mechanics change? This is just a quick prototype, it has lots room for improvement. Do you have a better idea for scoring it? Should Jokers do something different?

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